Modeling things you hate/love

[chunkypeanutbutter]

Here's a few things I hate when modeling.

- Things sticking to my fingers.

- Things falling from my glue-covered fingers

- Orange peel

- Tools that lose themselves

- Parts that do the same thing

- Agonizingly slow builds

- Krylon paint heaviness

Things I love to balance it out....

- Puttying a bunch of cars together and making a weird custom

- Primer!

- Seeing a finished product and being extremely happy

- Embossing powder carpet

- Decal applications day of the build

- Mockups

- Opening a package after a long school day

- Scratchbuilding something over the course of an hour, then throwing it away because it's ugly

Edited April 19, 2015 by chunkypeanutbutter

[Austin T]

I absolutely love the community,but at the same time there are times I can't stand it. Finding a good equilibrium seems to be a tad bit difficult.

[JollySipper]

I have a love/hate relationship with clear coat! You can make a mess of otherwise beautiful work rather quickly if you goof on it, but when the planets are aligned just right and you do a good job, it's a really good feeling.......

[Draggon]

I love the smell of primer, bondo, and lacquer thinner. MEK is pretty nice too.

And when kindly old Gepetto the mailman has a package from China or Japan.

I hate testors tube glue, applying decals, and the person who made sure that super glue sticks to flesh better than anything else.

Edited April 19, 2015 by Draggon

[DeeCee]

I just love to paint with Automotive Acrylics, the result can be superb,

BUT , i hate using decals with a passion, i can never make them look any good, they usually end up in the bin,

then i go out and paint the stripes or flames etc on instead.

But i DO LOVE MODELING!!

Edited April 19, 2015 by DeeCee

[FullPowerGarage]

I would love to model more than I do right now and have a stash like most here do have..

But money is really holding me back from that...

[om617]

Dislike

- Decals.

- When parts wont stick at first attempt with superglue.

- Thick glass.

- Tubs with molded in seats,nightmare to detail doorpanels.

- Damage on brand new kit on arrival. Because of my location it result in lot of waiting.

- Photographing models.

- Caps-Lock and double postings on forums annoy me a great deal lol

Enjoy.

-Get ideas,then surf the web for 1:1 cars,watch build threads on here for inspiration and more ideas.

-Mock up in primer,check ride hight,experiment with wheels and engines.

-Put on the last strip of BMF,i know the most difficult part (for me) is now done. I do enjoy it.

-Honestly,positive feedback feels good when it is a subject i`m satisfied with myself.

Edited April 19, 2015 by om617

[disabled modeler]

Things I hate....

Trying to find the much needed parts to restore them.

Chassis screws always seem to be missing.

Needing 70s series width white wall tires and none for them.

Doing weeks worth of bodywork just to have a bad can of paint ruin it all when you have to strip it.

Things I love....

60s and 70s models and promos.

Johan snap kits.

Building keeps me from living a bored life.

The satisfaction of restoring an old kit or promo.

Building vehicles the family owned when I can find them.

My brother modelers.

[Crazy Ed]

Like - The fact that many of the Cars I want to build (Road Racers from the Early 60's - the mid 70's) were manufactured either in Plastic or Resin

Hate - Although manufactured, most are LONG out of production and in many cases cost as much or more than a 18 year old bottle of Mcallan Scotch.

[pharoah]

The first post summed it up.

one more thing - I love the smell of a new kit when it's opened for the first time. Are we wierd?

[Mike 1017]

Love The aftermarket products

Hate. The ghost that lives in my basement that hides and steals parts from me.

[cobraman]

BMF I do it but can't say I enjoy it.

[Deathgoblin]

Hate leaving fingerprints on my paint job because I forgot to put on gloves. Love seeing a completed work on the shelf.

[Roadrunner]

Love:

Airbrushing, decaling, photographing.

Hate:

Blood, attaching tiny bits of plastic or P.E., dust.

[Petetrucker07]

Hate;

Ca that takes too long to dry for whatever reason.

Mirrors on AMT big trucks.

Decals.

Seams.

Likes;

Everything else.

Mainly taking the finished pictures. When I'm out on the road all week, I really like being able to see my finished builds whenever I like.

[slusher]

Enjoy a finished build.

Enjoy the smell of paint on a finished painted body.

I do not like to foil and its so hard for me with my disability i may have to give it up....

[disabled modeler]

The first post summed it up.

one more thing - I love the smell of a new kit when it's opened for the first time. Are we wierd?

Not one bit....

[martinfan5]

Polishing and BMF are the two at the top of my dislike list

[StevenGuthmiller]

Polishing and BMF are the two at the top of my dislike list

I agree with you on the polishing. BMF on the other hand is one of the things I enjoy doing.

Steve

[dartman]

Decals,foil,decals and the price of kits, oh and did I mention decals.I totally stink at applying decals.I can foil pretty well but i have to be in the right

mood or in the right mind set.

[ChrisBcritter]

Enjoy:

Whittling and sanding and polishing

Cutting up and combining two or more junkers to make one good car

Discovering new tools and building supplies

Finding NOS parts on eBay

Building vintage, rare kits that haven't been reissued twenty times

Can't stand:

Shelving projects because of parts that are unobtanium

Engine wiring

Tires that melt wheels or anything else they touch*

Painting

Getting outbid for NOS parts on eBay

The cost of vintage, rare kits that haven't been reissued twenty times

AMT butchering the '63 Nova wagon** body and losing the rest of the molds

*Monogram tires seem to be an exception; I have 50-year-old Monogram builtups with no melt from the tires - what was their formula?

**you can also replace "'63 Nova wagon" with any other kit that was changed into an AWB funny car, Modified Stocker, or the lousy stinkin' Barnabas Collins Van.

[Drake69]

The one thing I hate most of all.... the "spazatic focus" effect.

Explained thusly, it is the Murphy-ian Law Effect imposed on a person's activity where the upmost in razor focus during a highly sensitive part of a build causes the autonomic nervous system to twitch randomly, sending a jolting shiver across the human body. This has the added effect of causing glued parts to stick to plastic window glass, wet decals to splinter into millions of pieces, thin styrene parts to snap in absolutely the worst possible unfixable areas, or especially in my case, cause the smallest of most detailed parts to fly out of my hand and disappear into "the other realm", which I have deduced is somewhere between my legs.

The "spazatic focus" effect is also known by another more common name.... "Michael-J-Fox-Poltergeist Syndrome"

[Mike_G]

I enjoy all the challenges modeling affords

[Deathgoblin]

The one thing I hate most of all.... the "spazatic focus" effect.

Explained thusly, it is the Murphy-ian Law Effect imposed on a person's activity where the upmost in razor focus during a highly sensitive part of a build causes the autonomic nervous system to twitch randomly, sending a jolting shiver across the human body. This has the added effect of causing glued parts to stick to plastic window glass, wet decals to splinter into millions of pieces, thin styrene parts to snap in absolutely the worst possible unfixable areas, or especially in my case, cause the smallest of most detailed parts to fly out of my hand and disappear into "the other realm", which I have deduced is somewhere between my legs.

The "spazatic focus" effect is also known by another more common name.... "Michael-J-Fox-Poltergeist Syndrome"

I'm glad I'm not the only one that does that. It seems like the more I focus, the harder my hand shakes.

[southpier]

if anyone's "con" list is more extensive than their "pro" list, perhaps it be time for another pursuit?